According to AAA 61.6 million Americans will have traveled domestically by car, and that’s up 2.2 percent from last year’s Fourth of july weekend, setting a record for highest volume. And by plane 5.84 million are expected to board and that’s a 1.4 percent increase.

Travel agents said some of their clients are flocking to Europe, and those staying in the U.S. are prioritizing the destinations they can reach by car.

More than 2 million people from Massachusetts are expected to hit the road over the July Fourth holiday week, according to travel experts at AAA Northeast. These folks will travel at least 50 miles from home between Saturday, June 28, and Sunday, July 6, and the vast majority (1.77 million) of them are expected to travel by car, AAA said.